The community is still in shock after a scuffle Tuesday between Birmingham's mayor and a city councilor at City Hall.

The community is still in shock after a scuffle Tuesday between Birmingham's mayor and a city councilor at City Hall.

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Updated: 5:13 PM CST Dec 16, 2015

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WEBVTT FOR COUNCIL LUNDY S ARREST... HE STILL HAS NOT ARRIVED HERE AT THE CITY JAIL. ONE COMMUNITY LEADER BELIEVES THE IMAGE OF TUESDAY S CITY HALL WRESTLING MATCH IS A MAJOR SETBACK. - -- - THE SCUFFLE WHICH LASTED ONLY SECONDS INSIDE CITY HALL... COULD HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE CITY S IMAGE. BIRMINGHAM MAYOR WILLIAM BELL AND CITY COUNCILOR MARCUS LUNDY WERE INJURED DURING A BRAWL ONLY FEET FROM CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. - - PAEPCKE: WHAT EXAMPLE DOES WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY SET FOR THE COMMUNITIES YOU REPRESENT? O QUINN: IT S TERRIBLE. THIS IS EXACTLY THEY OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAT EVEN THESE TWO GENTLEMEN HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MOVE THIS CITY. DARRELL O QUINN IS THE PRESIDENT OF CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD. HE REPRESENTS ALL 23 OF THE CITY S COMMUNITIES. HE FEARS THE BRAWL COULD HURT THE CITY S RENAISSANCE. - - THIS CASTS A CLOUD OVER THAT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT BUSINESSES WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY WHERE THESE TYPE OF THINGS CAN POTENTIALLY HAPPEN. BOTH MEN CLAIM TO BE VICTIMS IN THE FIGHT. THESE PICTURES SHOWS LUNDY S INJURIES. MAYOR CLAIMS LUNDY PUT HIM IN A CHOKE HOLD AND HAS PRESSED ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST THE CITY COUNCILOR. - - THEY NEED TO RESOLVE THEIR ISSUES AND THEY NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO THE PUBLIC FOR LETTING THINGS GET OUT OF HAND LIKE THIS. BASED ON HOW TEMPERS FLARED TUESDAY...THAT COULD TAKE SOME TIME. - - THE CITY COUNCIL S PRESIDENT SAID LUNDY WAS PLANNING TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST THE MAYOR BELL. BUT BIRMINGH POLICE TELL ME LUNDY HAS NOT FILLED OUT A POLICE REPORT AND THERE IS NO RECORD OF HIM SIGNING A WARRANT FOR THE MAYOR S ARREST. REPORTING LIVE AT THE BIRMINGHAM CITY JAIL... JON PAEPCKE...WVTM 13 NEWS.

Community leaders worried about city image after City Hall brawl

The community is still in shock after a scuffle Tuesday between Birmingham's mayor and a city councilor at City Hall.